Okay so your argument against gay marriage is that it's religious, and thus if you are against the religion then you can't marry?
Promising to be with someone for the rest of your life (basically a marriage) is found in many religions not just Christianity some of which accept gays, what if they want a marriage by that religion.
Marriage is something many people do even if they aren't religious and the church has no say in that, why do they get to change the rights of gays?
Some Christian churches would permit a gay marriage; but the GOVERNMENT is stopping them.
AND being gay is less of a choice then a religion, so you say that protecting the rights of a choice is more important then protecting the rights of something you are born?
then don't force the Christians to allow it, but force the government to give gays the same rights as any married couple if they are willing to dedicate themselves like one.
That makes no sense and would be contradictory to my argument. Christians don't allow it, and it is that tradition i support. Non religious people are the ones supporting the gays because they don't give two shits about what they're destroying as they don't believe in it.
Not every marriage is under Christianity. I say the government should allow people to be wed under any religion that will allow them; and then have the same rights and benefits that all married people have. Such as insurance benefits that are only given to married couples, if two people are dedicated to each other for years and one of them passes away the one still living should get the life insurance money. and if they live together and one is dependant on the other to live and they break up they should get similar things to divorce benefits. These are the things gays are fighting for, the equal benefits that straight couples can have, because in some places if your partner dies you get nothing, if you break up they can take what they want unless both your names is on it.
Oh and just a note, I go to a Christian church and my minister supports gay marriage, there are thousands of other churches just like ours who would preform a gay marriage if requested, but some are in places where gay marriage is illegal and if they want to preform the marriage they should be alloud
Church and state are seperate. The only reason not every marriage is under religion is because the church originaly allowed non members to marry due to the fact that they believe all people will eventually find god, and allowing them to marry just helps that. But in the eyes of the church (whom the institution of marriage belongs too) gays can't find god, as he rejects homosexuals.
So you see there is a religious dilemma in this issue that effects not just tradition but gods word. They don't want gays to marry because god is against it (obviously lol), and they don't want to dishonour him.
do you just read the first sentence of everything I write? THERE ARE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES ACROSS THE GLOBE THAT SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE! sorry for the caps but I felt that was a key point. Also, as stated before there are rights that only belong to married couples that gays would like. Legal rights decided by the government.
Do you think gay people should have the right to marry?
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Okay so your argument against gay marriage is that it's religious, and thus if you are against the religion then you can't marry?
Promising to be with someone for the rest of your life (basically a marriage) is found in many religions not just Christianity some of which accept gays, what if they want a marriage by that religion.
Marriage is something many people do even if they aren't religious and the church has no say in that, why do they get to change the rights of gays?
Some Christian churches would permit a gay marriage; but the GOVERNMENT is stopping them.
AND being gay is less of a choice then a religion, so you say that protecting the rights of a choice is more important then protecting the rights of something you are born?
and those are my problems with your argument
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My argument is out of respect for a 2000 year old tradition much bigger and more important than a few gay people who want to wear a ring.
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then don't force the Christians to allow it, but force the government to give gays the same rights as any married couple if they are willing to dedicate themselves like one.
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That makes no sense and would be contradictory to my argument. Christians don't allow it, and it is that tradition i support. Non religious people are the ones supporting the gays because they don't give two shits about what they're destroying as they don't believe in it.
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Not every marriage is under Christianity. I say the government should allow people to be wed under any religion that will allow them; and then have the same rights and benefits that all married people have. Such as insurance benefits that are only given to married couples, if two people are dedicated to each other for years and one of them passes away the one still living should get the life insurance money. and if they live together and one is dependant on the other to live and they break up they should get similar things to divorce benefits. These are the things gays are fighting for, the equal benefits that straight couples can have, because in some places if your partner dies you get nothing, if you break up they can take what they want unless both your names is on it.
Oh and just a note, I go to a Christian church and my minister supports gay marriage, there are thousands of other churches just like ours who would preform a gay marriage if requested, but some are in places where gay marriage is illegal and if they want to preform the marriage they should be alloud
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Church and state are seperate. The only reason not every marriage is under religion is because the church originaly allowed non members to marry due to the fact that they believe all people will eventually find god, and allowing them to marry just helps that. But in the eyes of the church (whom the institution of marriage belongs too) gays can't find god, as he rejects homosexuals.
So you see there is a religious dilemma in this issue that effects not just tradition but gods word. They don't want gays to marry because god is against it (obviously lol), and they don't want to dishonour him.
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do you just read the first sentence of everything I write? THERE ARE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES ACROSS THE GLOBE THAT SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE! sorry for the caps but I felt that was a key point. Also, as stated before there are rights that only belong to married couples that gays would like. Legal rights decided by the government.